Below, a mother watches from her futon as the mid-wife washes her baby, while attendants bring tea (?) and a small kimono; above, a goddess appears on a cloud, shining a ray of light on the new mother; centre, a workman breaks the ground with a mattock (?), supervised by a man and woman. Colour woodcut by Utagawa, ca. 1860.
- Utagawa, Yoshitora, active 1850-1870.
- Date:
- 1860?]
- Reference:
- 565091i
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Below, a mother watches from her futon as the mid-wife washes her baby, while attendants bring tea (?) and a small kimono; above, a goddess appears on a cloud, shining a ray of light on the new mother; centre, a workman breaks the ground with a mattock (?), supervised by a man and woman. Colour woodcut by Utagawa, ca. 1860. Wellcome Collection. Source: Wellcome Collection.
